In the mountains of British Columbia, just off the highway that connects Vancouver and Calgary, used to be the world’s coolest mini-golf course when I was a kid. It was all black-light decorations with elves and dwarves and gnomes and faeries and whatnot poking out from under toadstool houses in the shade of towering…

George Burns, when asked why he kept performing at the age of 96: “I have to support my parents.”

Right? Exactly. Haven’t finished it yet, but finding it an odd blend of melancholy to see him in such a reduced state career-wise, having to endure Comic-Con crowds trading on his films from 30 years ago, and uplifting, seeing what a rich family life he has and what health & spiritual resilience.

Watched the first half of the Val Kilmer memoir/documentary film Val last night. His take on playing Batman was really interesting. Basically found the Batsuit (do I need to capitalize that?) so uncomfortable and isolating that he didn’t want to come back for a second film. Instead, he did The Saint, which I recall…

*Adds Slipknot to mental list of surprisingly rational artists including Insane clown Posse and GWAR*

Is this the same scenarios that the Netflix series “The Pharmacist” centered on? That was surprisingly excellent.

Surely the COVID “them” for the MAGA crowd was China, no?

George Michael!

Keith Richards. Uh, Mike... Morrison? Richard Michaels. Rick Mitchell. Mike Rickles. Mark Hamill! 

How long is the hair* on a rabbit’s back? About three seconds.

If only it had been Mark Wahlberg!

Better than the original! Mia takes best verse.

Whatever they call it, ALL CAPS

Also relevant, J.G. Ballard’s Super-Cannes and High Rise.

One of my home town’s modest claims to fame is a world-class show jumping facility, Spruce Meadows. I’ve seen the Boss there watching his daughter twice, in the VIP section, which I peered into form the peanut gallery.

I don’t know the comics or the MCU very well - I thought that there were multiple Black Panthers, that it was a title, not an individual. Couldn’t the mantle be passed to one of the others?

Goosebumps when the theme song kicks in at the end.

He combined incredible technical skills with relentless positivity and emotional depth. This is a sad day for hip hop.

...the franchise has always been at its best when it leaves in the mysteries and unexplained aspects for its fans to fill in with their own imaginations.

This is one of the columns I almost always read, even if the topic didn’t sound that interesting. I’ll miss it.